New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-09
THE AFFAIRS OF GRAVESEND.
sKygRAI WITNESSES EXAMINED BY THE BACON


SEVERAL WITNESSES EXAMINED BY THE BACoN
COMMITTEE
THO tovu of Crsvesend In which Coney Island 10 st
ated WAS under Investigation yesterday BY the ASSEM-
bly Committee in Brooklyn. One Republican ana Two
I,amocratic members of the committee were present.
Clerk York. Of the Court Of Sessions produced the IN
found In 1884 against Coney Island gamblers
OnIvone NJ them was tried Tho persons were again
indicted in 1885, but had not been arrested or calico
upon TO plead A. c.. -,
A.soc,ate Justice John McMahon. Of the Court OF
Sessions who ia a Justice OF the fesce III
Gravesend testified that he was one OF the Poce boau
of the town and issued licenses to places OF
He ,ad at first he had record OF the INES imposed
he him "a iusce and then admitted that 1t was In MS
doctet This he promised to produce From the amount
~ fines collected by him he deducted the Costs ne sa
and turned tho balance over to the County treasurer
but he was forced to admit that he had never paid
ANYTHING While he had visited the raceracks ~
sheepshead Bay and Brighton Beach ne naa
never seen any gambling going on He had
ssen marking boards on the tracks, but did not
know II was gambling to put the names OF horses upon
Them He had seen no pool selling, but had seen DOCK
making pa' sEsr assant clerk OF the Board Of gu
pervsors and Justice Of the peace In
race tracks, but the only made to him had
been made by Anthony Comstock In 1883 ana ISL
m censy Island lie did everything IN his power TO-
break mp vice lie did not consider bis duty 70 20 Ons
and HINT IN crime II was HIS duty as Poice oomms
sioner 10 stop gambling but he never sent Policeman
Henry Osborne hotel keeper at shoepshead BAY Bay
su e,ravesend denied that he had ever heard OF any
Irregularities In the sales OF the land ne uln no. NJ
of any who made any money OUT OF the .ud anv
Osborne positively" denied that ne nan recelsou a
ronev from any one lease or any OF the ahu
lie also deue pecuniary transaction WIN ooIn ID
MCPHERSON. Paul Bauer. Daniel Weich or hoDer' DUH
hardt -, ,..,,,,x ,,acs at Coney
Island testified In regard to buying piece Oh
ths com mon Lands which he bad held unler
Lease He paid 500 to Bernard Doyle
one of the common lands commissoners SIX Years ~
300 but agreed to take 500 The money was pau ~
Iis Mace nj No 2eS Atlantc-ovc, Br ,oElyn C0nms
sioper Osborn vas present The witness put In po luz
the property hut lid not get H. ,.. oo,bino
about any inracton of the law there althogn he ~rn
In the raTetracks week or oftener ne hau ho'
ouoht pooI ticket since he had been made Justice.
Before thai he was an ass.s'a an priabton Reach
lie Thought had had five or six gamolne CASE
him The witness said he did not know what poosohs
was and could not describe H. ..-.a., O.,
Town Clerk John l. VOORHEES, or tiraVesenn
regard 10 the records Of moneys disburscd ny te VII
The town had S352.000 In securities resulting ifo 'no
sale OF common lands 49,. admitted
Paul Bauer Coney Island motel Keeper, ~, 80
beng Indicted lcted for allow ug NY
cIuIrhouse He was fined 500 aud sentenced W th,e9
months imprisonment lie served fourteen uays anu
then tie case was disposed OF aud be had never oecu
wonlI he let of with a small fine lie did not know gam
Hing was going In the luO-house; nc nai 0"i w
n.1ber, NOT 10 allow it. lie admitted that ne pli{eu
poker. and said that professonals ann Tic Vent
"chius" for their accommodation The witness
what he referred to and said he couu not se
their names lie hal been 10 the racerhcAs lo"i "0
but never went Ia srcculats.
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